5.5 No Care, All Responsibility We start with a flashback to Rook fifteen years ago, as he saves a young girl from a vampire nest. His words, “no care, all responsibility” ring out across the episode, as people do what they feel they have to in order to achieve what they perceive to be the greater good. Rook sends Natasha, all grown up, to manipulate Hal and Tom, but we don’t find out her true allegiances until part-way through the episode. As far as we, and the guys, are concerned, she is just a random girl upon whom Tom takes pity. She’s soon working at the hotel, dating Tom and feeding Hal so as to not let his craving get out of control. Tom is rightfully cautious at first, but a quick supernatural test from Alex assures him that Natasha is human. The fun of watching him come to terms with liking a girl, and then dating her, is tainted by the apprehension that comes with Being Human’s happy moments and, once we see that she’s servicing Hal as well as charming Tom, that apprehension is proven to be right-on. This show loves to abuse Tom’s innocence and naivety, and it never gets less painful to watch his heart get trampled on week after week. We’ve known from the beginning of this series that Hatch’s master plan was to drive a wedge between the trinity’s three corners, and it seems that he’s now achieved that end. Tom has retreated back into his former self, secure in his ability to kill vampires, and the apparent betrayal from Hal will only fuel him more. I can’t imagine that our finale would see the three characters separated so drastically, so it’d be nice to see this rectified in some epic showdown next week. Hatch is back to full strength and Tom was last seen whittling stakes, but it’s Hal and Alex that we need to be most worried about. I’m a little disappointed that Hal’s pit stop at the pub was so similar to Mitchell’s box tunnel massacre story arc, but it’ll be the dynamics between him and his friends that changes the outcome. Alex, on the other hand, as taken a trip underground, as her confrontation with Hatch ends with her sharing a coffin with her corpse. This is icky and creepy, and an idea that the US version of Being Human used recently, too. The best thing about this final sequence is how little idea we have of where they can go next week. How will they ever reconcile? Will Rook be punished as much for his actions as Hatch? Read Caroline’s review of the previous episode, The Greater Good, here. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
